Tag: toys

Once upon a time, I was bought some Kinetic Sand, and I let the children play with it, inside, unsupervised. It’s fairly accurate to say I regretted this; it’s definitely more of an outside activity and not one to be undertaken by small children without adequate supervision. I know this now. …

Remember back in December, when we had our garden office built? No? Let me jog your memory. Despite the fact it’s bitterly cold outside at the moment we have been making regular use of it; Doug (daddy; seems a bit weird to refer to him as that out of context …

Does your child have a favourite doll which hasn’t been looked after properly? Do they have an Elsa doll with matted hair? A Barbie with fuzzy, frizzy and ruined hair? A My London Girl that has hair uncannily like mine (without the roots) and is desperately in need of a …

Ah, Mr Tumble. Take your finger, touch your nose, blink three times and wonder what happened to your life. Yes, I admit it. The Mr Tumble thing? I don’t get it. I’m not a fan of Justin Fletcher (sorry, Justin). Give me Mr Bloom any day of the week. Sadly for …

Wicked Uncle were the very first brand I worked with as a blogger, in this post back in April. We were totally spoilt. They were a great company to work with and the kids loved their toys, so when I saw that they were looking for bloggers to work with …

You probably don’t recall unless you’re some kind of blog reading savant or have had the misfortune to listen to me ranting about it, but we bought an Ariel Disney Princess doll for her to take on holiday, and we still have it, but the bloody thing falls apart as soon …

So Monday might have been wet, miserable and full of poop but on Wednesday, I got my parenting mojo back. We had a thoroughly exhausting but brilliantly fun day out in our nation’s fair capital. See? It’s not always doom and gloom over here (it’s just arguably funnier – for you, not me …

As you will probably have read already, last week ‘the baby’ (henceforth, the small toddler) turned a whole year old! One whole, entire year of ridiculous sleep deprivation, explosive poos and almost daily vomit until a few months ago. I genuinely don’t know how, but we survived. Hurrah! I’m bloody tired, …

I was very excited to be contacted by a website, Wicked Uncle. It might sound like a dodgy band name but Wicked Uncle is in fact a website aimed primarily at relatives of children who have been tasked with buying a gift and have absolutely no idea what to go …